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Transitional Service Agreement
A transitional service agreement (TSA) is a type of agreement that is made between the buyer and seller of a company. In this arrangement, the seller agrees to provide certain services to the buyer at a predetermined price. These services can include accounting, IT and human resources and their...
Cash Sweep
A cash sweep is the use of a company's excess cash to pay outstanding debts ahead of the scheduled payment date instead of giving it to their investors or shareholders. This process helps a company to minimize risk and liability as well as pay its debt at a faster rate than what is expected or...
Debt Capital Market
A debt capital market (DCM), also known as a fixed income market, is a market for trading debt securities such as bonds and loans. Like equity markets, debt capital markets are used by businesses and governments to raise long-term funds that could go towards growth or maintenance.The main...
Business Valuation Excel Template: 10 Simple Steps to Success
Determining the value of your business is the starting point to building value. Here’s how to set up a simple valuation template in excel.
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The Top 10 EBITDA Adjustments to Make Before Selling a Business
The most common EBITDA adjustments you need to know when it comes time to sell your business.
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The Reasonable Payback Period for an Investment in a Small- or Medium-sized Business
Inform yourself on what you can reasonably expect a payback period to be for your small- or medium-sized business.
What is the impact of supplier concentration on business value?
Concentration in the acquisition world is a bad word. Businesses with high supplier concentration attract fewer buyers and this lowers the price. What’s too high? Having a supplier with 40% of your business is too high. Diversify if at all possible. When buyers look at a company for sale,...
What's the difference between growth capex, maintenance capex and internally financed capex?
There are generally two reasons companies spend money on capital expenditures (capex): to grow the business, and to maintain the business. Once a company determines it needs to make a capex investment it must decide how to pay for the capex, either using company cash or debt. Let’s explore each...
What are typical fee structures for portfolio companies by private equity groups?
A private equity group has a lot of flexibility typically in how they collect fees or harvest value from a company in which they are invested. The form and structure of what those economics looks like varies, but the most typical structure is some type of current pay from the economics surrounding...
